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The cheapest sort of pride is national pride. (lemmy.world)
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“The cheapest sort of pride is national pride; for if a man is proud of his own nation, it argues that he has no qualities of his own of which he can be proud; otherwise he would not have recourse to those which he shares with so many millions of his fellowmen.”
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[–] -4 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Could say the same thing about LGBT+ pride, that's also something that happened to you

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago

    The pride bit isn't about being queer full stop, it's about having the courage to be openly queer in a society that might try to kill you for it. It's about reversing the shame they attempt to force on us.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    It's a little bit different if you're getting attacked all the time (as what usually happens to LBGTQ+ people). I think pride in a nation or a group of people that you belong to is fine as long as you are fighting for something greater. For example the people of Ukraine coming together nationally to fight off a foreign invader

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